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October 7, 2016

Presented by:

Guided Pathways

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October 7, 2016

Presenters

Sonya ChristianPresidentBakersfield College

Craig JusticeVice President for Instruction (Ret.)

Kathy SchmeidlerProfessor

Bill ScrogginsPresident

Jeff ArchibaldFaculty - Communication

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Julie BrunoPresidentAcademic Senate for California Community Colleges

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Sonya ChristianPresidentBakersfield College

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@sonyachristian

sonya.christian@bakersfieldcollege.edu

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Guided Pathways

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AACC Guided Pathways Process

30 schools selected

6 institutes –titles with teams working most of the time on planning

Get out of it what we put into it

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Challenge : FOCUSCalifornia Career Pathways Trust (CCPT)

Basic Skills and Student Outcomes Transformation Program

STUDENT SUCCESS

AND SUPPORT

PROGRAM (SSSP)

Guided Pathways

California Pathways – Redesigning California’s Community CollegesEquity, Social Mobility, Economic Health

California Career Pathways Trust (CCPT)

Guided Pathways

California Pathways – Redesigning California’s Community CollegesEquity, Social Mobility, Economic Health

SSSP

Guided Pathways

California Pathways – Redesigning California’s Community CollegesEquity, Social Mobility, Economic Health

SSSP

Noncredit

Supplemental Instruction/Tutoring

Contextualized learning

BSI e-Resource

Guided Pathways

California Pathways – Redesigning California’s Community CollegesEquity, Social Mobility, Economic Health

Defining Competencies

AssessingCompetencies

Guided Pathways

• Jobs

• Social Mobility

• Civic Engagement

• Healthy Community

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Craig JusticeVice President for Instruction (Ret.)

Kathy SchmeidlerProfessor

IVC EXPERIENCE

• Guided Pathways Approach Resonated with Several IVC initiatives (SEP, AANAPISI, Basic Skills Transformation)

• Pathways Offered Strength of Being Holistic in Its Approach

• Data About Guided Pathways vs. Cafeteria Style Student Choice Patterns Was Convincing Enough to Warrant a Serious Exploration

• Numerous Caveats Emerged: Are We Restricting Students’ Freedom to Explore? Impact on Programs?

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IVC DIALOG

• Dialog Across the Campus• Faculty Attendance at the AACC Guided Pathways

Conferences Included Skeptics and Believers• Continuing Conversations in the Academic Senate,

Instructional Council, et al. Helped to Address Concerns Along the Way

• Concerns Include How to Adapt to the California Environment, Role of Breadth and Exploration in General Education, How to Break Down Silos

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IVC TODAY

• Dialog to Ensure Academic Integrity• Training and Education – Match or

Mismatch?• Moving Forward

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Bill ScrogginsPresident

Jeff ArchibaldFaculty - Communication

MT. SAC TIMELINE

• October/November 2015 – Senate Approval to Participate Requested

• February 2016 – First Institute – faculty leaders• March 2016 – Pathways Implementation Group

formed• April 2016 – Second Institute – mapping faculty

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MT. SAC TIMELINE

• May 2016 – Pathways Summit

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MT. SAC TIMELINE

• Summer 2016 – Student Focus Groups• August 2016 – Pathways Summit II• October 2016 – Third Institute – Counseling and

Basic Skills faculty• October 2016 – Pathways Summit III

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MT. SAC EXPERIENCE

• Highlights good work we are already doing• Encourages looking at the College/programs

from the student perspective• Produces a critical self-examination of programs• Departments examining scheduling practices• Dialogue between counseling faculty and

program faculty• Collaboration between campus groups done the

“Mt. SAC way”

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What guided pathways is NOT

• Pathways is NOT a boutique program but rather a transformation to make college ready for students.

• Pathways does NOT limit student choice rather guides students to make informed choices.

• Pathways is NOT curriculum reform but rather an integration of students’ college experiences.

• Pathways is NOT a management driven reform but rather a collegial and faculty driven process.

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Resources

• California Guided Pathways Project• AACC Pathways Project

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Thank You!

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